Trees Around the GLOBE Community

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GLOBE, ICESat-2, and Open Altimetry

Did you know that you can compare your GLOBE Tree Height data to tree canopy height data from the NASA ICESat-2 Mission using the Open Altimetry Online Tool?

Check out the following tutorial video that showcases how to compare tree height data between GLOBE and ICESat-2.

Online Tools for Student Research

We are constantly updating the resource list below. These resources are external programs that can aide in the development of student research projects associated with the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign.

Simulated ICESat-2 Data on Open Altimetry: Here you can view simulated ICESat-2 data. OpenAltimetry is a cyberinfrastructure platform for ICESat and ICESat-2 data discovery, access, and visualization. This platform will leverage and build upon the service-oriented architecture behind the OpenTopography system that already provides integrated access and processing capabilities for high resolution topography data. The proposed work will also leverage development performed as part of the NASA Lidar Access System project, a collaboration between UNAVCO, OpenTopography, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) that prototyped an ICESat data discovery interface and improved GLAS data products.

Forest Observation System: The Forest Observation System is an international cooperation to establish a global in-situ forest biomass database to support earth observation and to encourage investment in relevant field-based observations and science. The Forest Observation System provides well curated biomass plot data in a unified format, that is aggregated from tree level data consistently across different networks.

Collect Earth: Collect Earth is a tool that enables data collection through Google Earth. In conjunction with Google Earth, Bing Maps and Google Earth Engine, users can analyze high and very high resolution satellite imagery for a wide variety of purposes.

GrowApp: GrowApp allows you to make animations of trees, gardens and landscapes by taking pictures with your smartphone. The app directly transforms these pictures in a time lapse movie that shows changes over the seasons and even over the years. While having fun making an animation of your backyard, you also help scientists better understand the impact of climate change on the environment.

GIS Geography: Forests cover about 30% of the Earth’s surface. Over 1 billion people depend on these forests for their survival because it’s their pharmacy, their fuel and food for their animals.

Forests keep rivers clean. They prevent soil erosion. They prevent landslides and avalanches. They are carbon sinks because they absorb over one-fifth of carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels.

NASA Earthdata: The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is a key core capability in NASA’s Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program. It provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA’s Earth science data from various sources – satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and various other programs.

NASA Worldview: NASA's EOSDIS provides the capability to interactively browse over 600 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and then download the underlying data. Many of the available imagery layers are updated within three hours of observation, essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks "right now".